User:The man from Gianyar/Osa Maliki II
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Osa Maliki | |||||||||||||
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Chairman of the Indonesian National Party | |||||||||||||
In office 27 April 1966 – 15 September 1969 | |||||||||||||
Preceded by | Ali Sastroamidjojo | ||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Hardi (acting) | ||||||||||||
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Born | Padalarang, Dutch East Indies | 30 December 1907||||||||||||
Died | 15 September 1969 Semarang, Indonesia | (aged 61)||||||||||||
Resting place | Cikutra Heroes Cemetery | ||||||||||||
Political party | Indonesian National Party (1946–1965; 1966–1969) | ||||||||||||
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Osa Maliki Wangsadinata (30 December 1907 – 15 September 1969) was an Indonesian politician and teacher from West Java. He held various positions during his career in politics, including as a member of the People's Representative Council (DPR), deputy speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), and chairman of the Indonesian National Party (PNI). Born in Padalarang, West Bandung, he was educated at a Taman Siswa school. In 1926, he participated in an unsuccessful communist rebellion against the colonial government and was subsequently exiled to a concentration camp in Western New Guinea.
In 1938, Osa returned from exile and became a teacher. During the Japanese occupation, he